One in custody after Alton police, ILEAS raid house Friday morning

ILEAS, APD conductsearch; one in custody

Det. P.J. Bennett of the Alton Police Department removes evidence from a house at 294 Jefferson Ave. Friday morning after a raid on the house. One person was taken into custody at what police called a suspected drug house.

Det. P.J. Bennett of the Alton Police Department removes evidence from a house at 294 Jefferson Ave. Friday morning after a raid on the house. One person was taken into custody at what police called a suspected

Det. P.J. Bennett of the Alton Police Department removes evidence from a house at 294 Jefferson Ave. Friday morning after a raid on the house. One person was taken into custody at what police called a suspected drug house.

Det. P.J. Bennett of the Alton Police Department removes evidence from a house at 294 Jefferson Ave. Friday morning after a raid on the house. One person was taken into custody at what police called a suspected

ALTON — One person was arrested Friday morning after a raid of a suspected drug house by Alton police and the Illinois Law Enforcement Alarm System (ILEAS) team.

The house at 294 Jefferson Ave. was raided by the ILEAS team and Alton officers after the Alton Police Department conducted several weeks of drug surveillance and made multiple undercover drug buys at the residence, Alton Police Chief Jason “Jake” Simmons said. The “phenomenal” work by the department’s Drug Unit allowed the department to obtain a search warrant for the residence.

Simmons said charges will be pursued and that the individual won’t be identified until formal charges are announced.

The house came onto the department’s radar after an anonymous tip was called into the Alton Police Department tip line, Simmons said. Tips can be called in to the department at 618-465-5948.

The department also has a feature on its website where citizens can report a known drug house.